2 Samuel 2:8

Good News Translation (US Version)

The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.

Cross References

1 Samuel 14:50

His wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; his army commander was his cousin Abner, the son of his uncle Ner.

Genesis 32:2

When he saw them, he said, “This is God's camp”; so he named the place Mahanaim.

1 Chronicles 9:39

Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul had four sons: Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

1 Chronicles 8:33

Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of King Saul. Saul had four sons: Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

1 Samuel 26:14

and shouted to Saul's troops and to Abner, “Abner! Can you hear me?” “Who is that shouting and waking up the king?” Abner asked.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out to fight Goliath, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is he?” “I have no idea, Your Majesty,” Abner answered.

Joshua 21:38

From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:7

Be strong and brave! Saul your king is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me as their king.”

2 Samuel 2:29

Abner and his men marched through the Jordan Valley all that night; they crossed the Jordan River, and after marching all the next morning, they arrived back at Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 3:6

As the fighting continued between David's forces and the forces loyal to Saul's family, Abner became more and more powerful among Saul's followers.

2 Samuel 17:24

David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan. (

Genesis 32:3

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.

2 Samuel 3:38

The king said to his officials, “Don't you realize that this day a great leader in Israel has died?